INDIANAPOLIS — A judge entered a not guilty plea for the man charged with being the armed robber who prayed with a clerk while holding up an Indianapolis check cashing business.

Twenty-three-year-old Gregory Smith has acknowledged the robbery on television and says he was driven to the crime after losing his job. Defense attorney Jack Crawford says it’s too early to negotiate a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Smith appeared in a Marion County court today on charges of robbery, criminal confinement, pointing a firearm and carrying a handgun without a license. He is charged in two robberies this month.

Smith appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” last week after a security video showing him praying with clerk Angela Montez during the Oct. 19 robbery was widely shown on television and the Internet.